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Podcast Appearances
Okay. Shall we? Mm-hmm. Where do you want to start the story? So I'm going to start the story almost two years ago, actually, October 2023. I don't know if you remember this, but you get a tweet from a guy named David. And what was David saying? I'm just going to get you to read that tweet. I'm going to put it in your Slack. All right.
Okay. Shall we? Mm-hmm. Where do you want to start the story? So I'm going to start the story almost two years ago, actually, October 2023. I don't know if you remember this, but you get a tweet from a guy named David. And what was David saying? I'm just going to get you to read that tweet. I'm going to put it in your Slack. All right.
Okay. Shall we? Mm-hmm. Where do you want to start the story? So I'm going to start the story almost two years ago, actually, October 2023. I don't know if you remember this, but you get a tweet from a guy named David. And what was David saying? I'm just going to get you to read that tweet. I'm going to put it in your Slack. All right.
Yeah, so that was the question we received on Twitter. Small question about a specific yogurt brand and why it came in a clay pot rather than a plastic one. Okay. Check, check, check. And it turned out the school that this question was coming from was just a few subway stops away from our office, so Shruti and I figured we would investigate their investigation.
Yeah, so that was the question we received on Twitter. Small question about a specific yogurt brand and why it came in a clay pot rather than a plastic one. Okay. Check, check, check. And it turned out the school that this question was coming from was just a few subway stops away from our office, so Shruti and I figured we would investigate their investigation.
Yeah, so that was the question we received on Twitter. Small question about a specific yogurt brand and why it came in a clay pot rather than a plastic one. Okay. Check, check, check. And it turned out the school that this question was coming from was just a few subway stops away from our office, so Shruti and I figured we would investigate their investigation.
The story we found, I'm going to tell it to you in chapters. So, chapter one, the school. Can you tell me where we're going? Yeah, we are on 75th and York, and we are headed to Lycée de New York, too. By this point, I'd already traded some emails with DFree86. His real name turned out to be David Freeman.
The story we found, I'm going to tell it to you in chapters. So, chapter one, the school. Can you tell me where we're going? Yeah, we are on 75th and York, and we are headed to Lycée de New York, too. By this point, I'd already traded some emails with DFree86. His real name turned out to be David Freeman.
The story we found, I'm going to tell it to you in chapters. So, chapter one, the school. Can you tell me where we're going? Yeah, we are on 75th and York, and we are headed to Lycée de New York, too. By this point, I'd already traded some emails with DFree86. His real name turned out to be David Freeman.
And he explained that he was a teacher at this French school in Manhattan, and one of the classes he teaches is basically a French school version of search engine. Like, that's kind of what he seems to be doing here. Sacre bleu.
And he explained that he was a teacher at this French school in Manhattan, and one of the classes he teaches is basically a French school version of search engine. Like, that's kind of what he seems to be doing here. Sacre bleu.
And he explained that he was a teacher at this French school in Manhattan, and one of the classes he teaches is basically a French school version of search engine. Like, that's kind of what he seems to be doing here. Sacre bleu.
David. Hey, David. Hey, Garrett.
David. Hey, David. Hey, Garrett.
David. Hey, David. Hey, Garrett.
David greets us, and I want you to imagine, like, the prototypical high school English teacher. Which prototype? Youngish, tasteful glasses, short haircut. Yeah.
David greets us, and I want you to imagine, like, the prototypical high school English teacher. Which prototype? Youngish, tasteful glasses, short haircut. Yeah.
David greets us, and I want you to imagine, like, the prototypical high school English teacher. Which prototype? Youngish, tasteful glasses, short haircut. Yeah.
So, the Lycée Francais de New York, it's a bilingual school, mostly kids from France and the U.S., although there are students from all over. And it's an old school, started in 1935.
So, the Lycée Francais de New York, it's a bilingual school, mostly kids from France and the U.S., although there are students from all over. And it's an old school, started in 1935.